WHY NATO won't help Trump.
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.....someone( plural) will feel his wrath. Because he only admits(owns) success, not failure.Comment
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Throw Hegseth under the bus.Comment
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Trump calls his friends losers, only to be surprised when no one comes to his party
David Shribman ([url]https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/david-shribman/[/url])
NATO countries did not hesitate to help the United States after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Now, even though an open Strait of Hormuz is arguably more in their interest − they are thirsty for the energy that ordinarily pours through the waterway − than in the interest of the United States, which has an enviable approximation of energy independence, they’re not eager to march in lockstep behind an American president who disdains, deplores and denigrates them.
That sentiment has grown in recent days.
“We have some countries where we have 45,000 soldiers, great soldiers, protecting them from harm’s way, and we have done a great job,” Mr. Trump said Monday. “And well, we want to know: Do you have any mine sweepers? ‘Well, we’d rather not get involved, sir.’”
One of the possible reasons: They played no role, and were not consulted, in the drive to war in Iran.
“This is not our war − we did not start it,” said Boris Pistorius, Germany’s Defence Minister.
George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush conducted campaigns to draw other countries into their wars against Iraq. Bill Clinton and NATO countries joined forces in Operation Allied Force in Kosovo in 1999.
Mr. Trump, along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, went into Iran alone, even though it’s not impossible that others might have joined the effort, given the fact Iran is a global pariah and an exporter of terrorism. Instead, Operation Epic Fury − Mr. Trump apparently picked the name from a series of options he was given − is pretty much a one-man show.
European leaders rebuff Trump’s calls for military help in Strait of Hormuz ([url]https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-starmer-carney-meeting-strait-of-hormuz-iran-war/[/url])
“We don’t need anybody,” Mr. Trump said in frustration. He probably doesn’t. But war leadership can be lonely. Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill drew ideas and succour from each other. William Lyon Mackenzie King liked being consulted as the Second World War unfolded. Harry Truman drew Canada, Great Britain, Australia and Turkey into the Korean War.
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tRump the desperate little man child is throwing a tantrum!
"It is impossible to measure this, but it is plausible that some allies are reluctant to assist Mr. Trump because both they and the President know that keeping gasoline prices and inflation under control is essential to Republican hopes to retain control of the House of Representatives and the Senate in the midterm congressional elections in November.
In an e-mail to supporters this week, Mr. Trump politicized the war − a characteristic of conflict that U.S. presidents have traditionally strived to avoid. During the Vietnam period, both Democratic President Lyndon Johnson and Republican Richard Nixon sought, with varying degrees of success, bipartisan support.
“NOW THAT DEMOCRATS SIDED WITH THE RADICAL REGIME IN IRAN,” Mr. Trump wrote, “IT HAS NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT TO HOLD OUR MAGA MAJORITY DURING THE MIDTERMS!”
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No boots on the ground as U.S. sends more troops to gulf. Maybe these are the boots they should send.Comment
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Or WW III and the collapse of the American Empire.Comment
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